Plot

Eugene represents a family who is suing a liquor company for being responsible for the death of their son who died of alcoholism. Ellenor takes a pro bono case when she tries to convert the death sentence of a woman about to be executed in New Hampshire.

Ellenor fights to save Denise Freeman, a rehabilitated death-row prisoner who has devoted her prison time to helping younger inmates. In a last-ditch effort to stay her execution, Ellenor bases an appeal on the medication the court ordered Denise to take at trial, which prevented the jury from observing her schizophrenia. Eugene argues a civil suit that blames a beer company for the death of a college-age youth.